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Sokrates

Socrates · B1 German story

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Sokrates lebte vor etwa 2400 Jahren in Athen.Socrates lived in Athens about 2,400 years ago.

Er hat selbst kein einziges Buch geschrieben.He did not write a single book himself.

Wir kennen seine Ideen vor allem durch seinen Schüler Platon.We know his ideas mainly through his student Plato.

Sokrates stellte den Menschen auf dem Markt viele Fragen.Socrates asked people at the market many questions.

So wollte er zeigen, dass sie weniger wussten, als sie dachten.In this way, he wanted to show that they knew less than they thought.

Viele Mächtige mochten ihn nicht, und im Jahr 399 vor Christus wurde er zum Tod verurteilt.Many powerful people did not like him, and in 399 BC he was sentenced to death.

Words in this story

leben
to live
etwa
about; around
Jahr
year
haben
to have
selbst
oneself; even
einzig
single; only
Buch
book
schreiben
to write; to spell
kennen
to know (a person)
Idee
idea
Schüler
pupil; student
stellen
to put; eine Frage stellen = to ask a question
Mensch
person; Menschen = people
Markt
market
Frage
question
so
so; in this way
wollen
to want
zeigen
to show
wissen
to know (a fact)
denken
to think
Mächtige
powerful person
mögen
to like
nicht
not
werden
to become; also forms the passive
Tod
death
verurteilen
to sentence; to condemn

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